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DianneW · 05-20-2021, 11:38 PM

Small world we live.. @tore so this would likely only be of interest to just yourself....

Our next home was a place called Pebbles in Bexhill on Sea. East Sussex. The Lane we lived on was unmade then and All 3 directions around our Property was higher than ours, no more than approx 1 metre ...enough we soon discovered to be living in a basin. Two Wells one in full use and one filled in...so pleased so have our own water source for the garden plants...like this garden was ever doing without water....
On side of a hill from the top of the back garden to a drop to the driveway of a guessimate of 3/4 metres..at least it flowed away from us. The Pebsham Farm next door was our only way to change the flow on that side. I dug out a trench within the farmland near to our border fence and created a small stream and the exit of the rainwater would flow within the farmland now instead of into our garden.....it created a waterfall just next to the Lane. I added rocks so made a feature there..then the rain water crossed the Lane and opposite was a natural pond, initially...before the woods that were there became 5 properties and a water course was constructed where the natural pond was. It was done and dusted before they built the 5 properties, all built on stilts because the area was classed as a flood plain.
They built a tarmac surface as part of the deal that the builder/owner of the land opposite our place made with the local Planning Department=Rother County Council.
Installed street lighting, upsetting the few local residence's and the wildlife went through a hell of a change. Badgers Sets were within that land and protected...not by what went on within this council though...fact.
We had at times rain still flowing off from our property via the driveway as although the side with the Farm had been a success the other two sides there was nothing more we could do about those. All the properties had Wells at one time but having filled them in over the years we got there water instead. When the Lane's surface was built they also lowered the base of our driveway, installed drainage pipes under it to take the waste rain water, allegedly,but within months though the under pipes were blocked so the flow just built up on the driveway until it flowed off onto the new road and then flowed down the new cul de sac causing a minor flood outside peoples front gardens...no big deal but they were suppose to put in some cattle grids where our driveway hit the tarmac Lane...eventually via the Council they actually created some low rocks lined in a row in the cul de sac close, so when the rain flowed from our driveway it hit a series of strategically placed rocks which slowed down the flow before hitting a drain...well almost hitting it as mostly it still went where it did before! Just looked on Google Earth and you can actually see the lines of rocks....also if you look at the 20mph sign across the Lane you can view some of the water course ....

05-20-2021, 11:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: S W France S. Deux Sevres Posts: 1,161	Small world we live.. @tore so this would likely only be of interest to just yourself.... Our next home was a place called Pebbles in Bexhill on Sea. East Sussex. The Lane we lived on was unmade then and All 3 directions around our Property was higher than ours, no more than approx 1 metre ...enough we soon discovered to be living in a basin. Two Wells one in full use and one filled in...so pleased so have our own water source for the garden plants...like this garden was ever doing without water.... On side of a hill from the top of the back garden to a drop to the driveway of a guessimate of 3/4 metres..at least it flowed away from us. The Pebsham Farm next door was our only way to change the flow on that side. I dug out a trench within the farmland near to our border fence and created a small stream and the exit of the rainwater would flow within the farmland now instead of into our garden.....it created a waterfall just next to the Lane. I added rocks so made a feature there..then the rain water crossed the Lane and opposite was a natural pond, initially...before the woods that were there became 5 properties and a water course was constructed where the natural pond was. It was done and dusted before they built the 5 properties, all built on stilts because the area was classed as a flood plain. They built a tarmac surface as part of the deal that the builder/owner of the land opposite our place made with the local Planning Department=Rother County Council. Installed street lighting, upsetting the few local residence's and the wildlife went through a hell of a change. Badgers Sets were within that land and protected...not by what went on within this council though...fact. We had at times rain still flowing off from our property via the driveway as although the side with the Farm had been a success the other two sides there was nothing more we could do about those. All the properties had Wells at one time but having filled them in over the years we got there water instead. When the Lane's surface was built they also lowered the base of our driveway, installed drainage pipes under it to take the waste rain water, allegedly,but within months though the under pipes were blocked so the flow just built up on the driveway until it flowed off onto the new road and then flowed down the new cul de sac causing a minor flood outside peoples front gardens...no big deal but they were suppose to put in some cattle grids where our driveway hit the tarmac Lane...eventually via the Council they actually created some low rocks lined in a row in the cul de sac close, so when the rain flowed from our driveway it hit a series of strategically placed rocks which slowed down the flow before hitting a drain...well almost hitting it as mostly it still went where it did before! Just looked on Google Earth and you can actually see the lines of rocks....also if you look at the 20mph sign across the Lane you can view some of the water course ....